Yap Kim Hock


Yap Kim Hock is a retired badminton player from Malaysia. He is the doubles head coach of the Singapore national badminton team.

Career

He had played with different pairs such as Tan Kim Her and Cheah Soon Kit. Yap represented Malaysia and competed at the [Badminton at the Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta Olympics] and the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the badminton men's doubles event with Cheah Soon Kit. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, they had a bye in the first round and defeated Denny Kantono and Antonius Ariantho of Indonesia in semifinals. In the final, Cheah and Yap lost to Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja of Indonesia 15–5, 13–15, 12–15. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, they could only reach the second round before losing to the Korean doubles.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States

World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1995Malley Sports Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland

World Cup

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Asian Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China

Asian Cup

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1993Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1998Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992Dutch Open

IBF International

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1991French Open

Honours